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EDITED BY JOSEF TRAPPEL & TALES TOMAZ
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THE MEDIA FOR DEMOCRACY MONITOR 2021
HOW LEADING NEWS MEDIA SURVIVE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
THE MEDIA FOR DEMOCRACY MONITOR 2021
Edited by JOSEF TRAPPEL & TALES TOMAZNORDICOMHow Leading News Media Survive Digital TransformationTHE MEDIA FOR DEMOCRACY MONITOR 2021
To what extent do structures and conduct of leading news media correspond with require- ments of contemporary democracies? Based on a root concept of democracy and several empirical indicators, the Media for Democracy Monitor (MDM) delivers a panorama of the news media’s performance regarding freedom, equality, and control across several countries. In 2011, the MDM analysed 10 democracies. Ten years later, it covers 18 countries worldwide and pinpoints essential strengths and weaknesses during this decade of digital- isation. Around the globe, news are highly attractive to users, and the journalistic ethos of watchdogs and investigators is paramount. On the downside, journalistic job security eroded over time, and gender gaps both in content and employment patterns remain strikingly excessive in most countries.
Volume one contains countries present in the 2011 MDM edition, allowing for longitudi- nal comparative analysis: Australia, Austria, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Volume two contains all countries analysed for the first time in 2021: Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Chile, Denmark, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, and South Korea.
The MDM is a research project by the Euromedia Research Group (EMRG), a network of researchers concerned with media structure and media policy in Europe and beyond.
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Nordicom is a centre for Nordic media research at the University of Gothenburg, supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The book
has been published with support from the University of Navarra.
Nordicom, University of Gothenburg, PO Box 713, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden www.nordicom.gu.se
Nordicom is a centre for Nordic media research at the University of Gothenburg, supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers.
Nordicom, University of Gothenburg, PO Box 713, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden www.nordicom.gu.se
